2019-12-16 General Committee Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                          16 DECEMBER 2019


Operating Expenditure (YTD Benchmark 42%)

Actual operating expenditure is currently 38% ($38.2 million) of full year budget ($99.8 million).
Detailed commentary for each expenditure category is provided below.

Category                    Summary                                       Comments
Employee Costs              $12.3 million (37%) of the                        Under expenditure for permanent staff salaries
                            annual budget of $33.5                              and wages ($1.2 million) partially offset by
                            million has been expended                           additional spend on casual staff and external
                                                                                labour hire ($451k).
                                                                              Employee overtime and allowances $185k
                                                                                above YTD budget (196% or $601k of $953k
                                                                                budget spent) due to recent disaster events.
Materials and               $17.4 million (38%) of the                        Waste Management materials and services
Services                    $45.8 million annual budget                         $272k below YTD budget (38% or $4.1 million
                            has been expended.                                  of $10.6 million budget spent.
                                                                              Fleet fuel, tyre, equipment and maintenance
                                                                                costs $166k below YTD budget (33% or $530k
                                                                                of $1.6 million budget spent).
                                                                              Parks & Gardens operations and maintenance
                                                                                programs $86k below YTD budget (32% or
                                                                                $1.4 million of $4.3 million budget spent).
                                                                              Public amenity materials and services $74k
                                                                                below YTD budget (27% or $136k of $495k
                                                                                budget spent).
                                                                              Development assessment legal appeals costs
                                                                                $125k above YTD budget (54% or $542k of
                                                                                $1.0 million budget spent).
Finance Costs               On track                                      Nil
Depreciation                On track                                      Nil
Other Expenses              On track                                      Nil

Figure 3: Operating Expenditure Position by Type

$20.0                              $18.2
                                            $17.4
$18.0
                                                                          YTD Budget ($m)
$16.0
                                                                          YTD Actual ($m)
$14.0      $12.7 $12.3
$12.0
$10.0
                                                                                     $7.8 $7.8
 $8.0
 $6.0
 $4.0
 $2.0                                               $0.6 $0.7                                          $0.1 $0.1
 $0.0
                                                          Finance Costs
                                       Materials




                                                                                        Depreciation
                Employees




                                                                                                          Other




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